Valery Karpin

Valery Karpin
Karpin coaching Rostov in 2022
Personal information
Full name Valery Georgiyevich Karpin
Date of birth (1969-02-02) 2 February 1969
Place of birth Narva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Russia (manager)/
Dynamo Moscow (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Sport Tallinn 25 (1)
1988 CSKA Moscow 3 (0)
1989 Fakel Voronezh 25 (7)
1990–1994 Spartak Moscow 116 (29)
1994–1996 Real Sociedad 72 (16)
1996–1997 Valencia 36 (6)
1997–2002 Celta Vigo 168 (26)
2002–2005 Real Sociedad 107 (20)
Total 552 (105)
International career
1992 CIS 1 (0)
1992–2003 Russia 72 (17)
Managerial career
2009–2012 Spartak Moscow
2012–2014 Spartak Moscow
2014–2015 Mallorca
2015–2016 Torpedo Armavir
2017–2021 FC Rostov
2021– Russia
2022–2025 FC Rostov
2025– Dynamo Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (Russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian football manager and former player who manages the Russian national team and Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow. As a player, he was a midfielder and spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow, Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo. He holds citizenships of Russia, Spain and Estonia.